Crib Chatter

The beach is calling once again. As usual, please try and refrain from calling each other names while I’m gone. Although most of you have been pretty civil this year. That must mean the housing market is boring. Lol. The rest of this year, one of the big stories will be all the luxury condos […]

This 4-bedroom co-op in 2440 N. Lakeview in East Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2019. Built in 1927 by Russman & Hirshfeld, it is on Lincoln Park and has Lake Michigan views. The building has 95 units and an attached parking garage. There are just 2 apartments per floor. It’s a full […]

This 3-bedroom loft in the Donohue at 711 S. Dearborn in Printers Row came on the market in April 2019. We chattered about it in May 2019 where some of you were concerned about the assessments. You can see our chatter here. The Donohue is an authentic brick and timber loft building that was built […]

Maybe some of the Chicago Tribune reporters are secretly reading Crib Chatter because they just published a story looking into the belief that people are fleeing Illinois, which we’ve been chattering about a lot this year. From the Tribune: When the Tribune looked at the demographics of people who moved out of state from the […]

The Illinois Association of Realtors is out with August sales. Despite a plunge in mortgage rate to 3 year lows, sales still fell. The city of Chicago saw year-over-year home sales decrease 7.7 percent with 2,543 sales in August, compared to 2,754 a year ago. The median price of a home in the city of […]

This 4-bedroom vintage condo at 2120 N. Clark in East Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2019. This is a vintage building with 4 units. I couldn’t find the year it was built. This is unit #2 which has 9 foot ceilings and some of its original wood vintage moldings (still unpainted). It […]

This top floor 3-bedroom at 1814 N. Lincoln Park West in the Old Town Triangle just came on the market. If the building looks familiar, it’s because we’ve chattered about several units in this building over the years. Built in 1890, it has 4 units and assigned outdoor parking. It has some of its vintage […]

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse at Park Place at 600 N. Kingsbury in River North came on the market in March 2019. Park Place was built in 2002 and has 163 units and garage parking. It’s a full amenity building with doormen, an outdoor pool and an exercise room. The listing says this penthouse has had […]

This 3-bedroom in the Astor Villa at 1430 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2019. The Astor Villa was built in 1972 and has 49 units and assigned parking. It has a doorman and exercise room. This unit has been “completely renovated” with all wood floors. It has a […]

This 6-bedroom vintage penthouse in the Jackson Shore Apartments at 5490 S. South Shore in Hyde Park came on the market in May 2019. Jackson Shore Apartments was designed by Rapp & Rapp in 1917. It was the first tall luxury building in East Hyde Park. It’s a co-op. The 21 units were designed to […]